pressing in bushings
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pressing in bushings
I'm upgrading the suspension on my 92 integra and the rear lower strut bushings need replaced on both sides. How does one go about getting the old ones out and pressing in the new ones?
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Re: pressing in bushings (Brian_92GSR)
my best sugestion is to take the arms out and take them to a shop that has a bushing press
i did them all myself and it sucked, alot of torching, hacksawing, banging, took me 3 days to do all the suspension busings, good luck
i did them all myself and it sucked, alot of torching, hacksawing, banging, took me 3 days to do all the suspension busings, good luck
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Re: pressing in bushings (bikeboy80)
Assuming I don't take the arms off, how do you do it? I've only got 2 (maybe even 1) bushing to change, so it might still be easier to just do it myself.
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Re: pressing in bushings (Brian_92GSR)
there is almost NO way to do this one the car.
the oem bushings have a metal outer sleeve that is a "push fit" into the LCA.
there must be the utmost care taken to align the two parts for proper pressing in without ruining the new bushing.
now, polyurethane bushings have no outer sleeve for LCA's so they can be pressed in with a long bolt and nut wqith some washers to displace the force... or even a vice or c-clamp can work with some applications.
good luck. my vote is on a machine shop.
the oem bushings have a metal outer sleeve that is a "push fit" into the LCA.
there must be the utmost care taken to align the two parts for proper pressing in without ruining the new bushing.
now, polyurethane bushings have no outer sleeve for LCA's so they can be pressed in with a long bolt and nut wqith some washers to displace the force... or even a vice or c-clamp can work with some applications.
good luck. my vote is on a machine shop.
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Re: pressing in bushings (Brian_92GSR)
yes you definatly have to take the arms off, if you just want to put stock bushings in and not poly ones then i would sugest just buying new lca's with the busings already in them, i believethey go for about $100 bucks each, it costs about $110 for the dealer ship to press new ones in to your old lca, if you can find some one else that will do it cheeper than go for it
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Re: pressing in bushings (owen_the_soyboy)
there must be the utmost care taken to align the two parts for proper pressing in without ruining the new bushing.
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Re: pressing in bushings (Brian_92GSR)
Hacksaw the outer shell in 2-3 places and then tap out with a chisel. Clean up any marks left from the sawing. Lube bushing and push it in.
BTW Syl_Glyde is great stuff to lube bushings with.
BTW Syl_Glyde is great stuff to lube bushings with.
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Re: pressing in bushings (Mista Bone)
This has got to be the biggest pain in the *** upgrade ever on my car like all honda's like what was said there is a metal outer for the bushing in the control arms I used a propane torch a fryed the rubber part out slightly then proceded to use a hacksaw to saw through the metal part then I used a chisel to knock out what was left needless to say I wish this ? was'nt posted because remembering it brings back NIGHTMARES and what really sucks since I plan on doing this on my new car I am going to have to do it again. Lots of luck to Ya! BTW if you are going to do this do it now while the weather is colder dont wait till summer like I did
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Re: pressing in bushings (dohcvtec16)
Sounds like a real PITA to do the rear LCAs, is it really worth it for a street car that sees maybe a dozen track days a 10 auto-xs a year?
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Re: pressing in bushings (nfn15037)
yeh..what are the advantages? i wanna know. but i dont want to mess up the ride comfort either.
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